Palmer, Charles 
ORCID: 0000-0002-1252-179X, ed.
(2006)
The outcomes and their determinants from community-company contracting over forest use in post-decentralization Indonesia.
Development economics and policy.
, vol. 5
Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt, Germany.
ISBN 9783631551967
Abstract
Decentralization in Indonesia allowed forest-dependent communities to legally trade in their customary forest rights for a share in timber rents. Despite uncertain property rights, communities engaged in negotiations with firms for logging agreements. The benefits that flowed to communities from these agreements varied significantly. Research was undertaken, first, to compare the impacts of mechanized logging on communities before and after decentralization. The second aim was to analyze the potential factors underlying the variation in post-decentralization outcomes. A conceptual framework and a game-theoretic model of community-firm interactions are developed, which allow for the derivation of hypotheses on determining factors and the expected directions of effects. To test these empirically, fieldwork was undertaken in East Kalimantan. The results showed that communities benefited financially and perceived no significant differences in some logging impacts after decentralization compared to before. Post-decentralization community-firm conflict, inter-community conflict and intra-community conflict were all common occurrences. Nevertheless, there is no evidence of a trade-off between environmental and financial contractual provisions. Given weak property rights, the community's ability to self-enforce its rights over the forest are shown to be crucial for claiming a significant share of logging rent. The theoretical hypotheses are generally supported by econometric analysis using survey data.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://www.peterlang.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 The author |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory D History General and Old World > DS Asia |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2010 10:15 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2024 08:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27928 |
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